The Heavens Shall Pass Away

The Heavens Shall Pass Away – 2 Peter 3:10

What will happen to the world, when it finally meets its end?

Actually, there is a great deal of disagreement about the answer to this question, among religious thinkers. Some propose that the world will not really come to an end, but will be the eternal home of God’s faithful children. Others suggest that the world will be decimated by war, famine, disease and natural calamity before the Lord comes to pass judgment upon humanity. But, what does the Bible say about the end of the world? In fact, it has a great deal to say about the subject.

The world shall not survive the day of judgment.

The day in which Jesus Christ returns to judge the world in righteousness shall be the last day in Earth’s history. 2 Peter 3:5-7 teaches us that God destroyed the world once with a global flood, in days of Noah and that He shall destroy it again with fire, on the day of judgment. 2 Peter 3:10 says that, on the day of judgment, “the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” The world shall not survive the day of judgment. That is why the Bible teaches us to “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world” (1 John 2:15).

God made the world to be temporary. Heaven is infinitely better!

As good as life can be in this world, life in Heaven is infinitely better! That is why God made the world to be temporary, in its nature. Our bodies can last for a very long time, but we are not designed to live on Earth forever (Psalm 90:10). Our souls long for Heaven and are looking forward to the day when we will no longer be burdened with life here (2 Corinthians 5:1-4). The end of the world is coming (2 Peter 3:9). Let’s be ready for it, when it gets here.

…by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the judgment … – 2 Peter 3:5-7